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...famous pupils there have been many Harvard men. His ancestors for generations have been conspicuous in the musical life of Germany. His grandfather,--Heinrich Baermann, was a famous clarinet player and an intimate friend of Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer and von Weber. The father of Carl Baermann inherited the musical talent of Heinrich, and was also a widely known composer of clarinet music...
Although the talent engaged for the pageant is almost entirely amateur, there are a number of professional or semi-professional actors who have consented to take the more important parts. Miss Daggett, who took a prominent part in the "Boston 1915" production at the Castle Square Theatre, will dance, and others of considerable theatrical experience will assist...
...most obvious kind of an attempt to furnish thrills, and "sustain the interest." There is a bloodcurdling lynching in the first act, the sensationalism of which is in contrast to its trivial significance in the tragedy. It is a symptom of the danger that Mr. Sheldon's peculiar talent carries with...
...Union, one after the mid-year examinations and one after the Easter holidays. At each of these entertainments a definite program of amusements by members of the class will be carried out. At the Strawberry Night, which will be held at the end of May, some outside talent will be engaged. The dates of these three entertainments will be definitely settled before the mid-year period...
...marked features of the play, became distinctly perceptible. This improvement was sustained through the third act. Here a number of minor characters make their appearance, and the scene of the reception for Lord Ravensbane, falling, as it did, within the range of what may fairly be expected of amateur talent, was carried through with vivacity. Meantime the performance of the hero was constantly gaining in firmness and assurance, and Dickon was more and more admirable. The beginning of the fourth act showed a falling off. It is doubtful whether, with any acting, the long soliloquies of Ravensbane at this point...